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There's nothing like this : the strategic genius of Taylor Swift / Kevin Evers.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML420.S968 E84 2025
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Lippincott Library - Business Trends ML420.S968 E84 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evers, Kevin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Country music--History and criticism.
- Country music.
- Swift, Taylor, 1989---Criticism and interpretation.
- Swift, Taylor.
- Genre:
- Popular music.
- Country music.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- There is nothing like this
- Strategic genius of Taylor Swift
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "A smart, page-turning exploration of the business and creative decisions that transformed Taylor Swift into an unprecedented modern cultural phenomenon. Singer-songwriter. Trailblazer. Mastermind. The Beatles of her generation. From her genre-busting rise in country music as a teenager to the economic juggernaut that is the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift has blazed a path that is uniquely hers. But how exactly has she managed to scale her success -- multiple times -- while dominating an industry that cycles through artists and stars like fashion trends? How has she managed to make and remake herself time and again while remaining true to her artistic vision? And how has she managed to master the constant disruption in the music business that has made it so hard for others to adapt and endure? In There's Nothing Like This, Kevin Evers, a senior editor at Harvard Business Review, answers these questions in riveting detail. With the same thoughtful analysis usually devoted to iconic founders, game-changing innovators, and pioneering brands, Evers chronicles the business and creative decisions that have defined each phase of Swift's career. Mixing business and art, analysis and narrative, and pulling from research in innovation, creativity, psychology, and strategy, There's Nothing Like This presents Swift as the modern and multidimensional superstar that she is -- a songwriting savant and a strategic genius. Swift's fans will see their icon from a fresh perspective. Others will gain more than a measure of admiration for her ability to stay at the top of her game. And everyone will come away understanding why, even after two decades, Swift keeps winning" -- Jacket flap.
- Contents:
- The vision : Taylor Swift, 2006
- 1. Alpha type
- 2. Ready to fly
- 3. Industry disruptors
- 4. Never trust it if it rises fast
- The crossover : Fearless, 2008
- 5. Chasing that fame
- 6. Clowns to the west
- 7. Dancing in a storm
- The experience : Speak Now, 2010
- 8. Wonderstruck
- 9. The story of us
- The flirtation : Red, 2012
- 10. Treacherous
- 11. These things will change
- 12. All too well
- The reinvention : 1989, 2014
- 13. New soundtrack
- 14. The lights are so bright
- 15. It's gonna be alright
- 16. In the clear
- The fall : Reputation, 2017
- 17. Castles crumbled
- 18. Rising from the ashes
- The fight : Lover, 2019
- 19. The great escape
- 20. Stolen lullabies
- The pivot : Folklore and Evermore, 2020
- 21. We were something, don't you think so?
- 22. Saying yes instead of no
- The eras : Midnights, 2022
- 23. Still bejeweled
- 24. None of it was accidental
- Epilogue : The tortured poets department, 2024.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-276).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Evers, Kevin. There's nothing like this
- ISBN:
- 9798892790178
- OCLC:
- 1453337552
- Publisher Number:
- 90101742467
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